Reversal of long-term methamphetamine sensitization by combination of pergolide with ondansetron or ketanserin, but not mirtazapine
| Autor: | Kamal S. Bhatia, Tong H. Lee, Steven T. Szabo, William C. Wetsel, J. Corey Fowler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Ketanserin Mirtazapine Mianserin Pharmacology Drug Administration Schedule Article Methamphetamine Rats Sprague-Dawley Ondansetron Behavioral Neuroscience chemistry.chemical_compound medicine Animals Sensitization Pergolide Behavior Animal Dose-Response Relationship Drug Infusion Pumps Implantable Meth Rats medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Drug Therapy Combination Psychology medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Behavioural Brain Research. 223:227-232 |
| ISSN: | 0166-4328 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.04.045 |
| Popis: | Psychostimulant abuse represents a psychiatric disorder and societal concern that has been largely unamenable to therapeutic interventions. We have previously demonstrated that the 5-HT 3 antagonist ondansetron or non-selective 5-HT 2A/2C antagonist ketanserin administered 3.5 h following daily pergolide, a non-selective DA agonist, reverses previously established cocaine sensitization. The present study was conducted to evaluate whether the same treatments or delayed pairing of pergolide with the antidepressant mirtazapine can also reverse consolidated methamphetamine (METH) behavioral sensitization. Sprague-Dawley rats received METH infusion via osmotic minipumps (25 mg/kg/day, s.c.) for 7 days, with accompanying daily injections of escalating METH doses (0–6 mg/kg, s.c.). This regimen takes into account the faster elimination of METH in rats, and is designed to replicate plasma METH concentrations with superimposed peak drug levels as observed during METH binging episodes in humans. Following a 7-day METH withdrawal, ondansetron (0.2 mg/kg, s.c.), ketanserin (1.0 mg/kg, s.c.), or mirtazapine (10 mg/kg, i.p.) was administered 3.5 h after pergolide injections (0.1 mg/kg, s.c., qd) for 7 days. Behavioral sensitization as a model of METH abuse was assessed 14 days after the combination treatment cessation (i.e., day 28 of METH withdrawal) through an acute challenge with METH (0.5 mg/kg, i.p.). Pergolide combined with ondansetron or ketanserin reversed METH behavioral sensitization, but pergolide–mirtazapine combination was ineffective. The role of reactivation of addiction “circuit” by a non-selective DA agonist, and subsequent reconsolidation blockade through 5-HT 3 or 5-HT 2 antagonism in reversal of METH sensitization and treatment of METH addiction is discussed. |
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